The Prime Minister said at the ceremony held on Saturday in Felcsút on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Castle Kindergarten and the presentation of the publication on the history of the kindergarten: while today “there are fewer christenings than funerals” in Hungary, “there is no need for others to be imposed on us through forced settling”.

The Prime Minister takes the view that we should state frankly: “we cannot accept that others should decide elsewhere – not in Felcsút, not in Budapest, not in Hungary – with whom we should live together”. In his speech, Mr Orbán pointed out: it is important that Hungary should become a family- and child-friendly country.

Speaking about Felcsút, the Prime Minister said that “we have always been a talented village”; the locality is growing, but there are many villages around the country where this is not the situation. Village life “must be regarded as an endangered way of life”, he stressed. At the same time, he remarked that as Felcsút is the Prime Minister’s birthplace, any local growth in Felcsút is bound to be attacked.

In his view, however, these attacks should be regarded as good news because they mean that “something is happening”. “The more we are being attacked because something is happening in the village and the village is growing, the more we have to persevere in our work”, the Prime Minister said. He mentioned the case of the small gauge railway as an example: “if they attack the small gauge railway, it should be extended all the way to Bicske, and if it is still under attack, it has to be extended to Lovasberény”. Mr Orbán said: the goal is that, in addition to Felcsút, every locality in the Váli Valley should be successful.

Lőrinc Mészáros, the Mayor of Felcsút (Fidesz-KDNP) said at the ceremony that the kindergarten had gained its current form as a result of the refurbishment works completed in 2009, but it may have to be repeatedly enlarged in a year or two.

Before the event, Mr Orbán signed Fidesz’s petition Let Us Protect the Country launched against the mandatory settling quotas outside the village centre.

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MTI; Photo: Gergely Botár/Prime Minister’s Cabinet Office